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AED[Slavery]: Two Virginia Slavery-Related Documents.
![[Slavery]: Two Virginia Slavery-Related Documents.](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/xl/3939/39397583.jpeg?t=1X9Q66)
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[Slavery]: Two Virginia Slavery-Related Documents. Includes:
Manuscript inventory of the farm of Andrew Hounshell, "within first assessment district of the State of Virginia in the county of Wythe," including "Land with its Improvements dwelling houses and slave," with a total value of $3400. 5 x 6 1/2". Dated 1 April 1815.
Manuscript inventory of two farms owned by John Kelly, within Grayson County, Virginia, including one farm on Chestnut Creek, with 490 acres, two cabins, and stable valued at $500; a farm near Chestnut Creek joining the lands of Stephen South, 296 acres, with one log house and a barn, valued at $500; and "one slave of the following description viz. / female between the age of 42 and 50 $250.
Larger document 7 1/8 x 8".
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